Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-11
FARM AND STOCK NOTES.

Once Windmill shall have been put
up the power Will cost nothing. 1T will
not only pump water but grind grain,
operate saw, turn the grindstone and
perform other valuable service.
The milk from sick or diseased cows
should always be thrown away. Nothing
spreads cOntagion sooner than impure or
filthy milk; yet, AZ a rule, all the milk is
poured into cans together without regard
10 the condition of the COWS.
Milk can be canned Just as you would
can fruit. Bring the milk TO the boiling
point and fill your jars to the brim with
it; then shut air-tight. This will keep
any length Of time and be just as good
when opened as when it was put up.
Every improvement IN the garden, says
the Orange County Farmer, reduces the
demand for the DOCTORS services. Let
fruits do away with the demand for drugs
OF all kinds and excellent vegetables In
part replace the excessive use OF amin al
food.
When JOB Of work is trusted to incOm.
petent hands, the result is reasonably
sure 10 be disappointment, and it may
be even a calamity. The skilltul worker
may charge more. but bis work Will be
worth more, besides the guarantee of
safe performance that will not be followed
by loss.
The small farms should always be de-
voted to those crops that are not grown
extensively. A farm OF ten acres will
not pay il wheat and corn be grown upon
it, but If used for growing fruit or garden
vegetables it will be large enough for all
the work that can be given it. Every
thing depends upon the kind of crop
grown.
Gardeners ara frequently advised to
grow onions on the same location every
season, but this can be done with success
only when the ground is well supplied
with manure. Onions are gross feeders
and cannot he injured by heavy manur-
ing. They must be given good cultiva-
ton, and grass and weeds kept down from
the beginning.
1t is bad practice to rely too much on
artificial colOring to give butter a golden
tint. The best buttermakers secure a
natural color by judicious feeding, and If
they find it necessary to color the butter
at all but little Of the artificial color is
needed. No artificial coloring matter can
compare with the golden, waXy hue which
well-fed ana cared-for Jerseys give.
Don't wait until the blowing season be-
gins 10 work your colts. Their shoulders
should be hardened BY moderate use be-
fore they are compelled 10 bear against
the collar from morning until night, as
blowing naturally necessitates. 1t must
be recOlected that III blowing, dragging,
etc., there is nothing 10 ease the shout
ders, as on the road. where 1t is up and
down hill. 1t is steady pulling all the
time.
While il is economy IN feed to have the
cattle barn we'll protected against cold in
winter, especially against cold winds ana
blowing rains, there is DANCER OF over
doing the thing. Don't make the barn
TOO close. Have 1t we'll ventilated. The
amount of air admitted SHOULD be under
control and regulated daily as the needs
OF the animals require it, Light, too, is
very necessary. Provide plenty of light.
Glass is cheap and windows Of this mate
rial should be provided.
That the ''yellows' in peaches is not a
contagious disense is claimed by the TACT
that the microscope shows no fungi on the
leaves, fruit, wood or roots, while or
chRrds often lose only q portion OF the
number OF trees. Contrary 10 the claim
that IL Is not contagious, however. is the
spreading of the disease over whole Sec
lions after making its appearance in n
eighborhSOd. Whether me "yellOwsv
be really contagious disease or due 70
some substance found or lacking in the
soil is still IA matter Of controversy.
"To prevent calves from sucking" SAYS
the American Agricultural, take a three
quarter-inch board Of any kind OF wood
that does not split easily, cut block q
by inches, and IN this saw an opening:
leave the gap between the points Just
wide enough TO admit into the block the
cartilage between tho nostrils of the calf.
II the points are polished tho board viii
move freely and allow the animal TO Craze
without injury or inconvenience The
opening IN the block should Ue something
OF a diamond shape; that Is, larger in the
pputrp al tho block than at he pd0o